A61M 5/31571
Means preventing accidental administration
Official title: {Means preventing accidental administration (for automatic syringes A61M5/20)}
A61M5/31571 (Means preventing accidental administration) appears on 226 US grants and 325 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A61M- Granted patents
- 226
- Published applications
- 325
- Assignees
- 98
- Inventors
- 495
- Latest grant
- 25 Aug 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 |
| 2001 | 2 | 0 |
| 2002 | 2 | 2 |
| 2003 | 4 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 | 9 |
| 2012 | 1 | 7 |
| 2013 | 4 | 13 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 |
| 2015 | 12 | 12 |
| 2016 | 8 | 18 |
| 2017 | 10 | 9 |
| 2018 | 11 | 21 |
| 2019 | 10 | 22 |
| 2020 | 18 | 30 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 |
| 2022 | 17 | 24 |
| 2023 | 12 | 26 |
| 2024 | 20 | 33 |
| 2025 | 24 | 33 |
| 2026 | 16 | 15 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Medicament delivery system with dose divider8 Oct 2026US 2026/0306747 A1Sanofi Pasteur Limited
- Drug delivery device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295171 A1Sanofi
- Injector Safety Device27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249015 A1Antares Pharma, Inc.
- Medicament delivery device and medicament delivery assembly13 Aug 2026US 2026/0232905 A1Shl Medical AG
- Injection Apparatus and Method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0207841 A1
Most cited
By later US patents
- Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor1,907US 5,925,021 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1999
- Medication delivery device with a microprocessor and characteristic monitor841US 5,593,390 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1997
- Recyclable medication dispensing device574US 6,221,046 B1Eli Lilly and Company · 2001
- Pen-type injector with a microprocessor and blood characteristic monitor542US 5,728,074 AVisionary Medical Products, Inc. · 1998
- Drug delivery device463US 6,595,956 B12003